r/windows is a subreddit with 375k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses windows, annoying, version, tools, and looking for, and they frequently recommend/review browser, pdf viewer, and youtube downloader.
This is not a tech support subreddit, use r/WindowsHelp or r/TechSupport to get help with your PC.
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Popular Themes in r/windows
#1
Solution Requests
: "Any way to get the old copying animation in win11?"
3 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Pulling your hairs in annoyance when your cursors crosses the edge by mistake while using multiple monitors, uncheck this box to actually ease your life"
2 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "5 Ways to Speed Up Your Slow Laptop Without Any Hardware"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Feature Idea: Allowing multiple domain authentication on Windows/Windows Server"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/windows
#1
Windows
: "Fun fact: Windows NT 4.0 was the last version to include a dedicated "Clock" program"
341 posts
#2
Annoying
52 posts
#3
Version
34 posts
#4
Tools
23 posts
#5
Looking For
17 posts
#6
Struggling
: "Too expensive to activate"
15 posts
#7
Microsoft
13 posts
#8
Worst
11 posts
#9
Windows 11
: "How does my install of Windows 11 look?"
11 posts
#10
Frustrating
: "Pulling your hairs in annoyance when your cursors crosses the edge by mistake while using multiple monitors, uncheck this box to actually ease your life"
10 posts
Products Discussed in r/windows
Browser
34 reviews
#1
Microsoft
4.2★ from 9 reviews
#2
Mozilla
4.1★ from 7 reviews
#3
Google
4.0★ from 6 reviews
Pdf Viewer
28 reviews
#1
Sumatra PDF
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
PDF-XChange
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Drawboard PDF
4.0★ from 3 reviews
Youtube Downloader
17 reviews
#1
youtube-dl
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
JDownloader
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
4K Video Downloader
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/windows
#1
Discussion
: "Fun fact: Early Windows NT versions displayed the "safe to turn off" in a dialog"
45 posts
#2
Feature
: "When Windows is ACTUALLY GOOD"
14 posts
#3
Concept / Design
: "i tried making windows 11 look like windows7"
12 posts
#4
Humor
: "Windows 11? What's that?"
12 posts
#5
App
: "An Unpopular Opinion"
5 posts
#6
News
: "It’s been 9,000 days since Windows XP was released"
5 posts
#7
Suggestion for Microsoft
: "Microsoft should use this screen to decide what windows auto installs"
3 posts
#8
Official News
: "PowerToys 0.100 is here: new Shortcut Guide, Command Palette improvements and much more!"
2 posts
#9
Meta
: "Yes, this is Windows 11."
1 post
#10
New Feature - Insider
: "The Best Windows Setting for More FPS"
1 post
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+35k members(10.2%)
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Last updated: June 28, 2026